Japan should strategically bring in more students from emerging economies who can contribute to both their homeland and Japan's growth, a midterm report by an education panel working on exchange student issues said Monday.
The report compiled by the nine-member panel, headed by Tsutomu Kimura, chairman of the Tokyo board of education, calls for selecting priority regions and setting up target fields of study for the exchange students to yield the best results.
It tentatively proposed nine regions and countries, including those in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Central Asia, Southwest Asia, the Middle East and South America, where high economic growth is expected.